edortizr6 Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 I just completed a new drawing from scratch and I'm ready to plot. Problem is that the plot styles are missing. I tried opening another drawing to see if the plot style would show up, and it did. For some reason this new drawing is missing most of the plot styles. Is there a way to load them into this new drawing? Also, is there a way to avoid having to load them everytime I create a new drawing? Thanks in advance. Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulumara Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 when you open your plot style tab just click the right bottom it will show you your plot style table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edortizr6 Posted July 28, 2006 Author Share Posted July 28, 2006 Hi Lulumara, thanks for the reply. I'm sorry, but I have no idea what tab you're talking about. Where can I find the plot style tab? Is it under File > plot or File > plot style manager? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Go to the Tools pull down menu and select Options. Click on the Files tab and go down to Printer Support File Path. Double click it and then go to Plot Style Table Search Path. Double click it and it should show you the path it is currently using to find your plot styles. You may need to change this path. To do that, click the Browse button and find your C:\Documents and Settings\"Your Name"\Application Data\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2006 (Or whatever version you are running)\R16.2(Depending on version)\enu\Plot Styles folder. Once you set this path, you should be able to open any drawing and have your plot styles loaded automatically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edortizr6 Posted July 28, 2006 Author Share Posted July 28, 2006 Hi Cad64, I tried that and it doesn't work. Maybe it has something to do with the plotter that I've selected in the layout wizard. I chose the Adobe PDF Driver as the plot device because I always make a PDF of the drawings that I create. I just checked to see what would happen if I created a new drawing with the local plotter selected, and all the styles are there. The funny thing is that I always use the Adobe PDF driver and the styles were always there before. I'm using Autocad 2000Lt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bspill1 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Seems I'm having the same problem. The path is set. The .ctb file is there. I can't think of anything else to try. http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=5656&highlight=plot+styles Could this have happend to my dwg? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alejandroortiz Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 When you go to plot for the first time, do not go to File/Plot. Go to File/Page Setup Manager. There, you will be able to select a Plot File. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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